Top 10 Jean Sibelius recordings
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
A beginner's guide to 10 of the most outstanding recordings of Jean Sibelius's music
Features
Top 10 piano sonatas
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
From Mozart to Prokofiev, here's a beginner's guide to 10 of the greatest piano sonatas ever written
Top 10 British choral works
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
From Byrd's Masses to Tippett's A Child of Our Time, this is a celebration of the great British choral tradition
Top 10 Piano Concertos
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
An introduction to 10 of the greatest piano concertos – from Mozart to Rachmaninov – with highly recommended recordings
Finding harmony through music
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
Pianist Didi Xiao reflects on the role music can play in bridging divides
Top 10 Sergey Rachmaninov recordings
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
10 great albums of Rachmaninov's music, featuring André Previn, Moura Lympany, Steven Osborne, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Daniil Trifonov
Top 10 Gustav Mahler symphony recordings
- Thursday, February 3, 2022
Gustav Mahler said, 'My symphonies represent the contents of my entire life.' Here are just a few of the finest recordings available...
The 10 Best Mozart Works – A Beginner's List
- Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Here are 10 essential works that gave an idea of breadth, and more important, depth of Mozart's musical genius. Perfect for those discovering his music for the first time.
The 10 Best Bach Works – A Beginner's List
- Monday, January 31, 2022
Here are a selection of works by Bach that are essential listening; and once bitten the Bach Bug will take you on a journey of almost limitless reward
Top 10 Symphony Composers
- Friday, January 28, 2022
After the extraordinary musical developments of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven the composition of a symphony became a daunting challenge, for many years the ultimate challenge for any composer. Many rose magnificently to that challenge, not least Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius and Shostakovich
Gramophone Editor’s Choice: February 2022 | The best new classical recordings
- Thursday, January 27, 2022
This month we feature outstanding new albums from Le Concert des Nations and Jordi Savall, Michael Collins and Stephen Hough, Marc-André Hamelin, Francesca Aspromonte, Jeanine De Bique and The Hermes Experiment
Video of the Day: Coco Tomita plays Enescu's Ménétrier
- Thursday, January 27, 2022
Our One to Watch from December plays an advance track from her debut album
What can music impart to us about nature?
- Thursday, January 27, 2022
Gramophone's Editor on the powerful message behind Joyce DiDonato's new environmental album
Introducing the February 2022 issue of Gramophone, featuring Joyce DiDonato
- Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Joyce Didonato: The mezzo’s mission to help us reconnect with nature - and with ourselves | Schubert’s Winterreise: Benjamin Appl records the powerful song-cycle | Mozart’s Symphony No 40: Which is the best recording of this ever-popular work?
Top 10 Opera Composers
- Wednesday, January 26, 2022
A beginner's guide tracing the extraordinary development of opera from Monteverdi in the 17th century to Saariaho today, via the masterpieces of Handel, Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini and Britten
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